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Stop Iceland's Whale Hunting

Target: Jon Bjarnason, Minister of Fisheries, Iceland
Sponsored by: Care2.com

Iceland's whaling season began recently, kicking off a bloody whale hunt that could lead to the death of 100 minke whales.

Iceland is one of only two countries worldwide that still authorizes commercial whaling. About half of the whale meat from this year's hunt is intended for domestic sales in Iceland, while the rest of the quota will be sold to Japan.

Sign the petition and tell the Icelandic government to reduce this year's whale hunt quotas immediately – and to ban whaling forever.

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"The first batch of meat will be in stores by the weekend."
– Gunnar Bergmann Jonsson, manager of the minke whaler association.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 75,000

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Dear Minister Jón Bjarnason,

I am deeply disappointed to hear that Iceland began its whaling season this year with a quota of 100 minke whales that can be killed from May to late September.

I strongly urge you to reconsider this plan by reducing this year's whale hunt quotas immediately and working toward a full ban on whaling in Iceland.

[Your personal comments will be added here.]

As a wildlife lover and environmentalist, I am concerned about the future of whales, especially as global warming causes rapid changes in their ocean habitats with unknown impacts on these beautiful and majestic creatures.

I am also concerned that your government is clearly sensitive to the impact of its whale hunting industry on tourism, since whaling is banned close to the harbor and the first whales are usually killed in a bay just outside of Reykjavik. Clearly a more effective effort to protect Iceland's tourism industry and popular whale watching businesses would be to ban the brutal whaling program completely.

And as a traveler and consumer, I would strongly consider visiting Iceland to whale-watch, but only if your country bans whaling.

Thank you for considering my comments. I look forward to your swift action to ensure a complete ban on whaling in Iceland.

Sincerely,
[Your name here]

We signed the “Stop Iceland's Whale Hunting” petition!

# 59,199:

8:30 am PST, Nov 7, Pierre De Vreyer, France
I can't agree with this kind of slaughter! It is unacceptable.

# 59,198:

7:27 am PST, Nov 7, Martel Bertrand, France
J'ai eu le privilège de voir cette merveille de la nature . Ne les faites pas disparaitre .Ne faites pas subir aux baleines ce que les "requins de la finance " vous ont fait l'année dernière ( faillite de l'islande )

# 59,197:

6:39 am PST, Nov 7, Name not displayed, France

# 59,196:

6:15 am PST, Nov 7, FRANCOISE LEGRAND, France
LA BALEINE EST EN VOIE D'EXTINCTION IL FAUT LA PROTEGER DE SON PLUS GRAND PREDATEUR L'HOMME!!!L'ISLANDE PEUT TROUVER UN AUTRE MYEN POUR SE SORTIR DE LA MERDE!!

# 59,195:

6:14 am PST, Nov 7, Name not displayed, France
Because it's useless for a country like Iceland. Iceland is not a primitive country without others living subsistance means. Iceland has access to knowledge & they must show the example as civilised country. If not I will never do tourism in this country.

# 59,194:

5:55 am PST, Nov 7, Métivier Corinne, France
Laissons ces merveilles de la nature tranquille!!!!

# 59,193:

5:29 am PST, Nov 7, B Ana, France
It's horrible ! how can we do that ?!?

# 59,192:

5:02 am PST, Nov 7, Name not displayed, France
La baleine est la déesse des océans. Respectons la.

# 59,191:

3:58 am PST, Nov 7, BUREAU PATRICE, France
La plupart des cétacés sont en voie de disparition et vider les océans porte préjudice à l'humanité entière

# 59,190:

3:49 am PST, Nov 7, Arnaud SIEGEL, France

# 59,189:

3:45 am PST, Nov 7, Pied François, France
parce que j'en ai jamais vu et que j'en verrai sans doute jamais a cause de cela. Et mes enfants n'en verron pas non plus.

# 59,188:

3:32 am PST, Nov 7, Sandra Deparrois, France

# 59,187:

3:14 am PST, Nov 7, Jeannette Marco, France
ils sont en train de détruire la planète!! Et pour quelques baleines de +

# 59,186:

2:25 am PST, Nov 7, Dominique Hoekman, Belgium

# 59,185:

1:54 am PST, Nov 7, Alex Alex, Russian Federation

# 59,184:

1:46 am PST, Nov 7, Jean-Michel COLLAS, France

# 59,183:

1:42 am PST, Nov 7, Brigitte COLLAS, France

# 59,182:

1:08 am PST, Nov 7, Josiane Dazin, Belgium

# 59,181:

11:49 pm PST, Nov 6, Auzet Bernard, France
c'est inadmissible ce retour en arriére, les oceans ont besoin des baleines pourquoi vouloir les exterminer ainsi

# 59,180:

2:54 pm PST, Nov 6, Victoria P., Ukraine

# 59,179:

11:52 am PST, Nov 6, PHILIPPE MAGUET, France
Whales belong to the planet earth not to Icelanders!

# 59,178:

11:51 am PST, Nov 6, Giret Joeffrey, France
Stop the destruction of the biodiversity

# 59,176:

2:25 am PST, Nov 5, CAPRON Géraldine, Belgium
Un monde sans baleine?... C'est hélas pour demain!!! Je suis femme et je me bats pour demain, pour l'amour et le respect.... J'ose encore y croire! Je veux que mes enfants soient fiers de moi.........

# 59,175:

12:28 am PST, Nov 5, Jyotsna Agrawal, India
Its cruel please stop it. We humans can live better!

# 59,173:

4:04 am PST, Nov 4, Ross Geller, United Kingdom
bcz itz mean i i dnt lke it who eva kills whales can die cz der bitchesz i h8 them whalesz r my frnsz der so cute bye bye lov mi lotszz and lov whalesz lots my favirate whale is the killer whale and the blue 1

# 59,172:

8:32 pm PST, Nov 3, Ann Blair, Hawaii

# 59,171:

7:37 pm PST, Nov 3, Nick Leonard, Nevada

# 59,170:

3:08 pm PST, Nov 3, Francesco Maurizio, Italy
becouse is simply wrong

# 59,169:

9:07 am PST, Nov 3, Herbert Bambl, Germany
Whaling is obsolete .Iceland ,,norway and japan are only afraid to make old traditions and habits outdated by way of hurting some fishers feels. None of any damn fisher or politician will be able to reincarnate an extinct species .

# 59,168:

5:19 am PST, Nov 3, Name not displayed, United Kingdom

# 59,167:

5:15 pm PST, Nov 2, Esther Elizabeth Crompton, South Carolina

# 59,166:

8:26 am PST, Nov 2, Celia M Torres, Paraguay

# 59,165:

8:24 am PST, Nov 2, Isabel Cruz, Portugal

# 59,164:

3:01 pm PST, Nov 1, Judith Salas, New Mexico
Science has proven that whales are one of the most intelligent mammals with a complex social system. They attract huge amount of tourists wherever they are. It seems a shame to kill them when there are so many other food alternatives in our oceans.

# 59,163:

9:59 am PST, Nov 1, Jan Billy Pedersen, Denmark

# 59,162:

7:13 am PST, Nov 1, Name not displayed, Russian Federation
I am also concerned that your government is clearly sensitive to the impact of its whale hunting industry on tourism, since whaling is banned close to the harbor and the first whales are usually killed in a bay just outside of Reykjavik. Clearly a more effective effort to protect Iceland's tourism industry and popular whale watching businesses would be to ban the brutal whaling program completely.

# 59,161:

9:01 pm PDT, Oct 31, BULENT TUGRUL, California
Kiling any animal is considrered barbaric, primitive and unnecesary.

# 59,160:

3:42 pm PDT, Oct 31, Marissa Chiappetta, Florida

# 59,159:

11:04 am PDT, Oct 31, Name not displayed, Greece

# 59,158:

12:41 am PDT, Oct 31, Tanya Prishchenko, Russian Federation

# 59,157:

6:31 pm PDT, Oct 30, Sally Tully-Figueroa, Puerto Rico

# 59,156:

3:21 pm PDT, Oct 30, Ksenia Klyueva, Russian Federation

# 59,155:

2:57 pm PDT, Oct 30, Helen Colby, Florida

# 59,154:

1:54 pm PDT, Oct 30, Steve Rush, Australia
Whale hunting is part of the past, were it should remain. These are beautiful mammals, which make this small blue world better. Also you would make more monies from the tourist industry

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